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Catch SportsDay On Air twice per week on Fox Sports Southwest, when Dallas Morning News experts discuss hot sports topics from the Cowboys, Mavericks, Stars, Rangers and colleges (check our TV listings for air times). Here are a few highlights from Monday's episode featuring Rick Gosselin and Mike Heika:

On what deal the Mavs can make before the deadline:

Gosselin: “The one chip the Mavs have got that’s worth trading is Dirk (Nowitzki) and (Mark) Cuban says no we’re not going to trade Dirk. I don’t see what they have to trade or what anybody is going to offer them. You make a trade, you want the final piece of the puzzle. You want someone who is going to make you remarkably better. I don’t see a trade for the sake of trading. This is a subpar team. It’s a non-playoff team. I don’t see how they can bring a difference maker to change the dynamic of this team in the second half of the year.”

Heika: “The problem with the NBA in my opinion is it’s a slow build. Oklahoma City did it the right way. The Clippers are doing it the right way. But you have to stink for five or six years to build those players. I think that may be where they’re entering so the question you have to ask yourself is do you trade Dirk for youth or draft pick or nothing just so you can move on to the next level. Maybe you are bad for three or four yours but then you get to where you want to goal.”